BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT)

is coming to US 29.

OPEN HOUSES

Open Houses were held in Spring 2018 to educate the public and gather community input on the US 29 project. Click here for the open house materials (41MB) or here for the virtual open house. See the resources section at the bottom of this page for materials from past open houses.

PROJECT INFORMATION

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is designing and constructing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line along US 29 to meet the needs of residents and businesses along this busy route.

BRT will:

Use existing bus-on-shoulder lanes on US 29 in the northern section of the corridor.

Operate in mixed traffic in the southern section of Route 29 and along Lockwood Drive, Stewart Lane, Briggs Chaney Road, and Castle Boulevard.

Service plans currently being considered include:

Running every 7.5 minutes during the peak period and every 15 minutes during the off-peak.

A proposed span of service from 5am to midnight, 7 days/week.

Transit signal priority installed at up to 15 intersections along the corridor to provide traffic signal benefits to BRT vehicles where appropriate, reducing travel time and increasing reliability.

The Route 29 study is funded by the State of Maryland and Montgomery County. Montgomery County, Howard County, and the State of Maryland are working closely to provide BRT service through US 29 to Columbia in Howard County.

Montgomery County Department of Transportation has been awarded a $10 million Federal TIGER grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) to help fund the BRT line along US 29.

Other BRT routes currently being considered include:

MD 355 between Clarksburg and Bethesda

MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) between Rockville and Wheaton

The Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) from Metropolitan Grove MARC station to the Shady Grove Metrorail station (Phase 1)

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